Saturday, April 17, 2010

I want to know more about who you've become since we last saw each other! (or get to know you now that we're FB friends)

Tell me one (or two) things that have happened in your life since we last saw each other! I'll start first, then if you feel like it, copy & paste & replace my story with your own. Tag as many (or as little) friends as you'd like, but especially tag me! And, let us (at least me) know about what's been going on in your life. Please feel free to get as personal as you feel comfortable with (or not).

One of the most interesting things that has happened in my life during the past decade or two...

...There have been Two major events in my life since graduating High School (actually more than that, but I will only share 2 for now).
First, in 1989 (a year after I graduated), I was in a very bad car accident. I was driving my parent's Toyota down 202 in PA, on my way to the gym. It was raining out very, very bad and I hit a puddle, hydroplaned, crossed the median, & got hit by 2 cars going the other direction. The paramedics thought I was dead at first, but luckily a doctor from Brandywine Hospital, was traveling a few cars behind me and stopped to help. He new who I was because he had worked with my father. He also figured out that I was alive, only unconscious. I was taken to Brandywine Hospital. I was in a coma, had a broken collar bone, broken pelvis, and a right brain head injury. I spent about 3 weeks in the coma and began to show signs that I was "coming to". So, I was sent to Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital where I spent the next few months re-learning everything. I had to re-learn how to walk, write, speak, etc... I had no short term memory, so for a month or so, I did not know who I was or who the people around me where (except Mom & Dad). And, I had no memory day to day. It was like I was a baby and I had to grow up all over again. My mother knew I was going to be alright when she came to see me the day after she shaved my legs for the first time in months... I asked her to shave them again (I shaved them everyday before the accident). To make a long story a little shorter, living through this changed my life! It was like I was born again. I believe God has plans for me and I changed a lot of things about myself.
...The other event, I gave birth to a little boy on July 2nd, 1993. I decided to give him up for adoption because I was not able (at the time) to fully support him and give him what he would need. It was the HARDEST thing I have ever done in my whole life. But, it was for the best, for him and for me. It was an open adoption for the first five years. Since then it has been "closed". I have not seen him or pictures of him in over ten years (until I found his adoptive parents here on FB! I have not contacted them, but have been able to see pictures of him now. He is so handsome and he looks like he's had a good life (so far)! I do hope to meet him again one day.


(Posted on FB Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 3:26pm)


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FB Comments

Michelle R.-L: wow Jill, you have an amazing story. it was really great catching up tonight. facebook has been great for catching up with people

Peggy K.-C.: My goodness, Jill! I did know about your accident...and that it was a bad one...but not THAT bad. You are really lucky to be alive. Glad that you are!
Have you seen that show Life on Mars (BBC or American version)? You should definitely check it out.


Alison T.-W.: Wow Jill! You are right that God has a plan for you. So glad that you are doing well now and get to shave your legs by yourself again!! Good luck on meeting your son again some day soon!!

JillyBean ˚͜˚ ByrneMurphy: Thank you Alison!
And, Peggy: I watched Life on Mars last night, I didn't quite understand it... guess I might need to watch a couple more episodes! Wonder if I can see previous episodes on fancast or hulu?

HOW MUCH HAVE YOU CHANGED IN 15 YEARS?

HOW MUCH HAVE YOU CHANGED IN 15 YEARS?

****15 YEARS AGO (1994)****
1) How old were you? 24
2) Who were you dating? I was in a relationship with a girl during that time of my life
3) Where did you work? I didn't, I was going to college full time
4) Where did you live? Murfreesboro, TN
5) Where did you hang out? with Rhonda
6) Did you wear contacts and/or glasses? not yet
7) Who were your best friends? Rhonda (in TN) & Angelique (in D.C.)
8) How many tattoos did you have? 2
9) How many piercings did you have? ears, nose, belly button (total 13)
10) What kind of car did you drive? a Schwinn 10-speed & Rhonda's pick up
11) Had you been to a real party? we had many!
12) Had you had your heart broken? not really
13) Were you Single/taken/Married/Divorced? Single
14) Any Kids? one (gave him up for adoption though)

***10 YEARS AGO (1999)***
1) How old were you? 29
2) Who were you dating? engaged
3) Where did you work? several places I can't remember now
4) Where did you live? Nashville, TN
5) Where did you hang out? at HIS apartment
6) Did you wear contacts and/or glasses? not quite yet (had glasses, but only needed them when my eyes were tired)
7) Who were your best friends? Aaron (now, my X husband)
8) How many tattoos did you have? three
9) How many piercings did you have? ears, nose, belly button (total 13)
11) Had your heart broken? not yet
12) Were you Single/Taken/Married/Divorced? Taken
13)Any Kids? yes. ONE more, but he wasn't here father

****TODAY (2009)****
1) Age? 39
2) Where do you work? at home
3) Where do you live? Nashville, TN still
5) Who are your closest friends? Duke (his Last Name)
6) Do you talk to your old friends? I have been in contact with some of them now that I am on FB
7) How many piercings do you have? Only 1 now! Took everything out except my tragus loop
8) How many tattoos? 14 (so far)
9) What kind of car do you have? 1994 Toyota Camry that's falling apart (literally - I have to open the driver's door from the back seat!)
10) Had your heart been broken? Not really
11) How many kids? just the one (Mikayla) but my dog is like my kid too!
12) Are you Single/Taken/Married/Divorce? DIVORCED!!!

REPOST AS "HOW MUCH HAVE YOU CHANGED IN 15 YEARS" and TAG 15 peeps you knew then!


(Posted on FB Thursday, February 12, 2009 at 10:06pm)

Jill likes to... (Google fun)

Rules: Google Game: Go to Google and type in quotation marks your name and then “likes to” (eg. “Jane likes to”). Type in the first ten things that come up and repost in your own note.

1. Jill likes to scream.

2. Jill likes to ride mowers.

3. Jill likes to sing in the shower.

4. Jill likes to be on the cutting edge of research.

5. Jill likes to ride her bicycle.

6. Jill likes to play Pokemon Snap.

7. Jill likes to try to escape.

8. Jill likes to be needed, as well as to cherish and protect her loved ones.

9. Jill likes to investigate things deeply.

10. Jill likes to start trouble.


(Posted on FB Friday, February 13, 2009 at 9:36am)

"I karate chopped a banana in your bathroom because Big Bird said to and he's my leader."

Type out the sentence you end up with as the Title of your Note, and tag your friends, including the person who tagged you!

Pick the month you were born:
January-------I kicked
February------I loved
March----------I karate chopped
April------------I licked
May------------I jumped on
June-----------I smelled
July------------I did the Macarena With
August--------I had lunch with
September----I danced with
October-------I sang to
November-----I yelled at
December-----I ran over

Pick the day (number) you were born on:
1-------a birdbath
2-------a monster
3-------a phone
4-------a fork
5-------a snowman
6-------a gangster
7-------my mobile phone
8-------my dog
9-------my best friends' boyfriend
10------my neighbour
11------my science teacher
12------a banana
13------a fireman
14------a stuffed animal
15------a goat
16------a pickle
17------your mom
18------a spoon
19------a smurf
20------a baseball bat
21------a ninja
22------Chuck Norris
23------a noodle
24------a squirrel
25------a football player
26------my sister
27------my brother
28------an iPod
29------a surfer
30------a homeless guy
31------a llama

What is the last number of the year you were born:
1--------- In my car
2 ---------On your car
3 --------In a hole
4 ---------Under your bed
5 ---------Riding a Motorcycle
6 ---------Sliding down a hill
7 ---------In an elevator
8----------At the dinner table
9 -------- In line at the bank
0 -------- in your bathroom

Pick the colour of shirt you are wearing:
White--------because I'm cool like that
Black---------because that's how I roll.
Pink----------because I'm NOT crazy.
Red----------because the voices told me to.
Blue----------because I'm sexy and I do what I want
Green--------because I think I need some serious help.
Purple--------because I'm AWESOME!
Gray---------because Big Bird said to and he's my leader.
Yellow--------because someone offered me 1,000,000 d ollars
Orange------because my family thinks I'm stupid anyway.
Brown---------because I can.
Other--------because I'm a Ninja!
None---------because I can't control myself!


small>(Posted on FB Friday, February 13, 2009 at 10:00am)

Friday, April 16, 2010

25 Random things about me (AGAIN)

1. I was not popular in school but, everybody definitely knew me.

2. I have been smoking cigarettes since I was 12. I am almost 39 now & I am trying to talk myself into quitting. (but I'm smoking right now, while I type this)

3. I love getting tattoos! And, I have considered being a tattoo apprentice.

4. I was born in Washington D.C. on March 12th, 1970 with blood poisoning. I spent the first ten days of my life in an incubator. After my mom & dad brought me home, they got the hospital bill and on it was a $15 charge for circumcision! I'm a GIRL!

5. I let my daughter stay up too late sometimes on school nights.

6. I am diagnosed with Bi Polar Disorder & PTSD and, have been in the psych hospital approximately 9 times since I was 21.

7. I used to date ONLY men 6'4" or taller, but both of my children's "birth" fathers have been an inch shorter than me. (I am 5'7" I think)

8. I met my ex-husband in the psych hospital. But he was 6'8"!

9. It took me over ten years to graduate college, but I did it! I got a BFA in Studio Art (I renamed it my "starving artist degree").

10. I know where the son I placed for adoption over 15 years ago is, but I cannot contact him.

11. One of my friends on here is an ex-boyfriend and one is an ex-girlfriend (and, they are related to each other! weird, huh?)

12. I was baptized twice. First when I was 14 (because a boy I liked got baptized the Sunday before) & second was when I was in college and was starting to straighten up my life.

13. I wonder if any of you are really reading this. ???

14. I love to sleep in on Saturday mornings if I can & I get very upset when someone rings my phone (when I have forgotten to turn the ringer off).

15. I love Facebook & am happy that I have "found" so many friends. I just wish I could find Moira Burrows!

16. I always had very short hair in my teenage years. I started letting it grow out after I got pregnant the first time. But, about every 4 years, I chop it all off again (forgetting that I like it long better).

17. I got into body building right after high school & into power lifting in college. I used to dead lift 400 lbs., leg press 710 lbs., but I could barely bench press 100 lbs. (I'm such a "girl")

18. Two things I DON'T like about myself are: 1) I smoke -remember #2... and B) I am NOT a tidy person.

19. I walk around my house (inside only) naked when my daughter is in school.

20. I was in two drug rehabs when I was a teenager. I have lost contact with my "best friend" in the first one. Angelique! If I could remember how to spell your last name, I could probably find you again!

21. I ran away from home (took Greyhound from Philly to Boston, Mass) in 10th grade with my pet rat "Vorpool".

22. I think I have a good sense of humor.

23. At this time in my life, I am a "loner". I do not like to go out of the house. But, I make myself for Mikayla's sake.

24. I enjoy "poking" Nick Leusky!

25. I want to be an art teacher in a middle school when I grow up.


(Posted on FB Saturday, February 14, 2009 at 12:03am)


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FB Comments

Shelly R.-L.: Hi Jill! Long time since the YMCA swim team. You have certainly had a share of ups and downs in your life. I hope you are doing well. Take Care of yourself.

Jenifer Y.-M: hey loved reading these!!!

JillyBean ˚͜˚ ByrneMurphy: Thank you! It was like memory lane!

Nick L.: ur an interesting soul :-). poke!

Tara K.-M.: WOW Jill, you sure have a story to tell!

JillyBean ˚͜˚ ByrneMurphy: And, it's not over yet! :-]

Friday, April 9, 2010

Funny Quotes posted by a friend of a friend

I have kleptomania, but when it gets bad, I take something for it.

In just two days from now, tomorrow will be yesterday.

The statement below is true.
The statement above is false.

I may be schizophrenic, but at least I have each other.

I am a Nobody.
Nobody is Perfect.
Therefore, I am Perfect.

I'm not your type.
I'm not inflatable.

I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

I'm having an out-of-money experience.

Don't sweat the petty things.
Don't pet the sweaty things.

Corduroy pillows are making headlines!

money isn't everything, but it sure keeps the kids in touch!

And, this is my favorite:


My short term memory is not as sharp as it used to be
Also, my short term memory is not as sharp as it used to be...



(Posted on FB Sunday, February 15, 2009 at 6:22pm)

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Mom's: How many times a day do you find yourself using one of these expressions?

A little "birdy" told me!

♦ All I do is follow you around, picking up after you like some maid.

♦ Am I talking to a brick wall?

♦ Are you deaf or something?

♦ Are you lying to me?

♦ As long as you live under my roof, you'll do as I say.

♦ Beds are NOT made for jumping on.

♦ Call me when you get there, just so I know you're okay.

♦ Close the door! You don't live in a barn.

♦ Did you brush your teeth?

♦ Did you comb your hair?

♦ Do as I say, not as I do.

♦ Do you think I'm made of money?

♦ Do you think your socks are going to pick themselves up?

♦ Don't break your arm patting yourself on the back.

♦ Don't eat that, you'll get worms!

♦ Don't go out with a wet head, you'll catch cold.

♦ Don't make me get up!

♦ Don't pick that scab, it'll get infected.

♦ Don't pick your nose in public.

♦ Don't run in the house.

♦ Don't sit too close to the television, it'll ruin your eyes.

♦ Don't talk with your mouth full!

♦ Don't walk away when I'm talking to you!

♦ Eat your vegetables, they're good for you.

♦ Enough is enough!

♦ Go play outside! It's a beautiful day!

♦ Going to a party? Leave a phone number in case I need to call.

♦ Going to a party? Who's going to be there?

♦ Going to a party? Will the parents be home?

♦ How do you know you don't like it if you haven't tasted it?

♦ I brought you into this world, and I can take you right back out!

♦ I can't believe you can sleep in this filth!

♦ I didn't ask who put it there, I said "Pick it up!"

♦ I don't care what "everyone" is doing. I care what YOU are doing!

♦ I don't have to explain myself. I said no.

♦ I hope someday you have children just like you.

♦ I just want what's best for you.

♦ I will always love you - no matter what.

♦ If God had wanted you to have holes in your ears (eyebrows, tongue, etc.) He would have put them there!

♦ If it were a snake, it would have bitten you.

♦ If wishes were horses...

♦ If you could stay out last night, you can get up this morning.

♦ If you don't do it NOW, then when are you going to do it?

♦ If you stick your tongue out again it will fall off.

♦ If you're too sick to go to school, you're too sick to play outside.

♦ I'm doing this for your own good.

♦ I'm going to skin you alive!

♦ I'm not going to ask you again.

♦ I'm not your cleaning lady!

♦ I'm not your waitress!

♦ Isn't it past your bedtime?

♦ It's not that I don't trust you, it's that I don't trust everyone else.

♦ Life isn't fair.

♦ Look at me when I'm talking to you.

♦ Money does NOT grow on trees.

♦ No child of MINE would do something like that.

♦ Nobody asked you.

♦ Over my dead body!

♦ Pick that up before somebody trips on it and breaks their neck!

♦ Pick up your feet.

♦ Put that down! You don't know where it's been!

♦ Say that again and I'll wash your mouth out with soap.

♦ Shut the door! I'm not heating (air conditioning) the entire neighborhood!

♦ Shut your mouth and eat.

♦ So it's raining? You're not sugar -- you won't melt.

♦ So what if Bob's mom let him do it? If Bob's mom let him jump off the Empire State Building, would you want me to let you do it too?

♦ Someone is going to end up crying.

♦ There's enough dirt in those ears to grow potatoes!

♦ This hurts me more than it hurts you.

♦ Turn that racket (music) down!

♦ Watch your mouth!

♦ Well, I haven't figured out how to cook "cold" yet.

♦ Well, people in Hell want ice water too!

♦ What did I say the FIRST time?

♦ What if everyone jumped off a cliff? Would you do it, too?

♦ What part of NO don't you understand?

♦ When I was a little girl...

♦ When I was young we had respect for our elders, now look at the world!

♦ When I was your age, I had to walk ten miles through the snow, uphill, by myself, to go to school.

♦ When will you be back?

♦ When you have your own house then you can make the rules!

♦ Where do YOU think you're going?

♦ Who died and left you boss?

♦ Who do you think you're talking to?

♦ Who taught you THAT? You didn't learn that in this house!

♦ Wipe your feet!

♦ You can't find it? Well, I can't find it for you - I didn't wear it!

♦ You can't find it? Well, I can't find it for you - I'm not the maid!

♦ You can't find it? Well, if you'd put things where they belonged, you wouldn't have this problem.

♦ You can't find it? Well, where did you leave it last?

♦ You can't start the day on an empty stomach.

♦ You don't always get what you want. It's a hard lesson, but you might as well learn it now.

♦ You have an answer for everything, don't you?

♦ You kids are trying to drive me crazy!

♦ You must think rules are made to be broken.

♦ You won't be happy until you break that, will you?

♦ You'll understand when you're older.

♦ A little soap & water never killed anybody.

♦ Always wear clean underwear in case you get in an accident.

♦ Answer me when I ask you a question!

♦ Are you going out dressed like that?

♦ Are your hands broken? Pick it up yourself! I'm not your maid!

♦ Be good.

♦ Bored! How can you be bored? I was never bored at your age.

♦ Clean up after yourself!

♦ Cupcakes are NOT a breakfast food!

♦ Did you clean your room?

♦ Did you flush?

♦ Do you live to annoy me?

♦ Do you think this is a hotel? You can't just come here only to sleep.

♦ Don't ask me WHY. The answer is NO.

♦ Don't cross your eyes or they'll freeze that way.

♦ Don't EVER let me catch you doing that again!

♦ Don't make me come in there!

♦ Don't put that in your mouth, you don't know where it's been.

♦ Don't run with a lollipop in your mouth.

♦ Don't stay up too late!

♦ Don't use that tone with me!

♦ Don't you have anything better to do?

♦ Go ask your father.

♦ Go to your room and think about what you did!

♦ How can you have nothing to wear? Your closet is FULL of clothes!

♦ How many times do I have to tell you?

♦ I can always tell when you're lying.

♦ I can't believe you did that!

♦ I don't buy snacks to feed the neighborhood!

♦ I don't care who started it, I said stop!

♦ I don't care who started it, YOU stop it!

♦ I don't know is NOT an answer.

♦ I hope you don't kiss me with that mouth!

♦ I said CLOSE the door, I did not say SLAM it.

♦ I would have never talked to MY mother like that!

♦ If I catch you doing that one more time, I'll...

♦ If I want your opinion I'll ask for it!

♦ If I've told you once ... I've told you a thousand times.

♦ If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all.

♦ If you don't clean your plate, you won't get any dessert.

♦ If you don't stop crying, I am going to give you something to cry about!

♦ If you're too full to finish your dinner, you're too full for dessert.

♦ I'll treat you like an adult when you start acting like one.

♦ I'm going to give you until the count of three...

♦ I'm not always going to be around to do these things for you.

♦ I'm not running a taxi service.

♦ I'm not your maid!

♦ Is your homework finished?

♦ It's no use crying over spilt milk.

♦ I've had it up to here with you.

♦ Leave your sister (brother) alone!

♦ Little pitchers have big ears.

♦ Look at this room! It looks like a pigsty!

♦ Never try on anyone else's glasses or you'll go blind.

♦ No, I don't know where your socks are, its not my day to watch them!

♦ Now, come back downstairs and go back up WITHOUT stomping your feet!

♦ Now, say you're sorry...and MEAN it!

♦ Running away? Don't let the door hit you in the rear.

♦ Running away? I'll help you pack.

♦ Running away? Is that a threat or a promise?

♦ Some day you will thank me for this. SMACK!!!

♦ Someday your face will freeze like that

♦ The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

♦ Think of those poor starving children in India... (or China, or Africa.)

♦ Turn off that light. Do you think we own the electric company?

♦ Watch your language!

♦ Well, people in Hades want ice water, but do you see me with a PITCHER?

♦ Were you born in a barn? Close the door -- and DON'T slam it!

♦ What do you think, money grows on trees?

♦ What kind of a grade is that? You could do much better!

♦ When did your last slave die?

♦ When I was your age...

♦ When you have kids of your own you'll understand.

♦ Where are you going?

♦ Who are you going with? Do I know them?

♦ Who do you think you are?

♦ Who said life was going to be easy?

♦ Why? Because I SAID so, that's why!

♦ You are getting on my last nerve.

♦ You can go out to play...after you brush your teeth and comb your hair.

♦ You can go out to play...after you pick up your room.

♦ You can go out to play...after you've done your homework.

♦ You can't judge a book by its cover.

♦ You could grow potatoes in those ears!

♦ You could have called.

♦ You had better wipe that smile off your face before I do it for you.

♦ You just ate an hour ago!

♦ You made your bed, now lie in it.

♦ You should have that phone surgically implanted in your ear.

♦ You WILL eat it, and you WILL like it!

♦ You'd forget your head if it wasn't attached to your shoulders!

♦ You will ALWAYS be my baby.

♦ You're going to put your eye out with that thing!

♦ Your father is going to hear about this when HE gets home!

♦ You're the oldest. You should know better.






(Posted on FB Monday, February 16, 2009 at 2:31pm)